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Hmm, still not convinced over this one. A brand new trailer aired during the Superbowl yesterday but it still doesn't really show off much other than the fact that Orlando Bloom and Brad Pitt both look like girls. And Chopper's in it, but probably doesn't go mental like he always does.

I'm getting a bit bored of the big panning battle scenes, where the two armies close in on each other and *gasp* start hitting each other! They've been done to death (and to perfection in Return of the King), so much so that they've lost all spectacle any more. Still, I like Pitt (as an actor, you benders) and it's a pretty good story to work on, so there's some hope.

Wolfgang Peterson... should I have heard of him?

And I'll still agree with you.

Bet that's cheered you up! Ay? Ay?

Timmargh wrote:
> While I agree that Das Boot is a good film, how many other WWII
> submarine movies can you name that could even be described as
> "good"?

Hmmmm, good point. Perhaps I should expand by saying "possibly one of the best WAR movies ever made."

Aye, thats a little better. :)

power-off wrote:
> I need to see your chopper.


See what I did there? Oh, my aching sides ...

Pandaemonium wrote:
> Director of "Das Boot", probably the best WWII submarine movie ever made.

While I agree that Das Boot is a good film, how many other WWII submarine movies can you name that could even be described as "good"?

Mr Snuggly wrote:
> Wolfgang Peterson... should I have heard of him?

Director of "Das Boot", probably the best WWII submarine movie ever made.

Ah, feck the battles. I hate battle scenes in movies as a whole. They mostly serve as time fillers to pad out the storyline and to give the films 'hip appeal'

You can't the beat the animatrix DVD for genius

I think it's going to be great mainly because A) It's a casting agents wet dream and B) It looks like Gladiator but with a fantastic new plot and as you say with battles to rival that of LOTR. Definitely have to go and see that.

I need to see Chopper.

Hmm, still not convinced over this one. A brand new trailer aired during the Superbowl yesterday but it still doesn't really show off much other than the fact that Orlando Bloom and Brad Pitt both look like girls. And Chopper's in it, but probably doesn't go mental like he always does.

I'm getting a bit bored of the big panning battle scenes, where the two armies close in on each other and *gasp* start hitting each other! They've been done to death (and to perfection in Return of the King), so much so that they've lost all spectacle any more. Still, I like Pitt (as an actor, you benders) and it's a pretty good story to work on, so there's some hope.

Wolfgang Peterson... should I have heard of him?